green parenting

Easy, green, and now chic

So maybe the first time we told you about the Flip & Tumble bags that you can just fold up into a teeny little ball and toss in your purse, you liked it...but you just weren't wowed by the solid...

Cloth gift bags so cute you won't want to give them away

I love giving gifts; what kills me is the wrapping. All that paper getting tossed in the trash -- or worse, those reusable but ugly gift bags.

Good Baby. Good mommy. Good diaper cream. Everyone wins.

When my first daughter was born, I figured all diaper creams were pretty much created equal. I bought whatever sounded familiar, never once scanning the label for fragrances, methylparabens, or...

Ideal Bite - How to go green when you don't have time to go green

My crush on Ideal Bite began with the first sentence of their philosophy: If we all knew what we could do in the day to day to impact the planet and our communities in a positive way, we'd do it.

A kinder, gentler gift wrap

I've admitted here before that I'm a terrible gift wrapper, but as long as there are children aging in the world, there will be presents to wrap.

Eco-Fingerpaints inspire a hair less dread than ordinary fingerpaints

When the kids ask to fingerpaint, I conjure up visions of them covered in gelatinous, who-knows-what goo which doesn't make me too eager to indulge them in their favorite medium.